Two weeks ago, Google announced that they would be rolling their new simple, fixed price advertising product out gradually to the whole of the U.S. Last night Google made good on the first phase of that rollout. Tags is now available in 29 states and the District of Columbia. From their Places Help Article:
Advertising options: Where are tags available?
Google Tags is currently available in the following U.S. locations:
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Louisianna
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
- Washington DC
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Interestingly, none of the bigger northeast States, including NY, Ohio and Pennsylvannia, made the first cut.
re: “…Interestingly, none of the bigger northeast States, including NY, Ohio and Pennsylvannia, made the first cut…” — maybe Mike that’s cause there ain’t a lot of folks in those areas that ‘use’ Google?
Jim
PS I also note that Canada ain’t on the list either….sigh…..
Comment by Jim Rudnick (164 comments) — June 22, 2010 @ 10:05 am
Canada is pretty big too, I hear. (nyuk, nyuk) This third phase rollout occurred pretty quickly after the most recent one. I suspect they are handling the processing of tags pretty well.
Comment by earlpearl (784 comments) — June 22, 2010 @ 10:09 am
on another note, will you be attending the Cleveland LocalU seminar next Wed? if so, would love to say “hi” and buy you a beer!
Jim
Comment by Jim Rudnick (164 comments) — June 22, 2010 @ 10:29 am
Jim: Not going to be there. Working to get one started in DC, though. If you are going to be there its a great opportunity to twist the noses and ears of the 2 stooges who will be there
Comment by earlpearl (784 comments) — June 22, 2010 @ 3:09 pm
okie-dokie, earl….then I’ll face the ‘two stooges’ alone…well, me in my red RCMP tunic outta do fine, eh?
Jim
Comment by Jim Rudnick (164 comments) — June 23, 2010 @ 11:25 am
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Pingback by Looks like Google CAN admit they are wrong! — June 23, 2010 @ 4:11 pm
Being located in PA, I disagree that Google is not heavily used in our state, or for that matter some of the other larger states. Personally, I think it is the state of the economy and our high unemployment rate that has influenced Google. Why roll out a program if everyone is critical about spending money …
Comment by John (52 comments) — June 25, 2010 @ 10:48 am